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Officers search for 2 armed men seen in Roseville

Officers have shut down portions of Interstate 80 and Highway 65 in Roseville as they search for two possibly armed men who were seen near the Fountains shopping center.

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Updated: 7:50 AM PDT Jul 20, 2016

Officers search for 2 armed men seen in Roseville

Officers have shut down portions of Interstate 80 and Highway 65 in Roseville as they search for two possibly armed men who were seen near the Fountains shopping center.

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Updated: 7:50 AM PDT Jul 20, 2016

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WEBVTT BRIAN HICKEY HAS BEEN OUT THERE LIKE ALL MORNING. WHAT IS THE LATEST? BRIAN: THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO PEOPLE AND THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HELICOPTER IS NOW HERE. THEY ARE NOW WAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS ORDERING WHOEVER MAY BE OUT IN THE GREENVILLE AREA TO COME UP WITH THEIR HANDS UP INTO THE OPEN AREA WHERE OFFICERS CAN SEE THEM AND GIVE UP. THEY SET UP A PERIMETER AROUND THE ENTIRE AREA. THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING ARMED AND DANGEROUS. OFFICERS HAVE SURROUNDED THE AREA FROM ROSEVILLE PARKWAY AND WESTBOUND INTERSTATE AREA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ATLANTIC STREET. A LADY STREET IS OPEN BUT THE WHOLE -- ATLANTIC STREET IS OPEN BUT THE WHOLE GREENVILLE AREA IS WHERE THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT. THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN INTERSTATE 80 WITH ALL TRAFFIC BEING DIVERTED TO 65, SOUTHBOUND 65 HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN AT GALLERIA BOULEVARD. THAT AREA IS GETTING HEAVILY CONGESTED AND ON ROSEVILLE PARKWAY YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS MOVING ON THE OVER CROSSING AS OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN POSITIONS ON THE OVER CROSSING, INCLUDING ONE OFFICER ON THE GROUND WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LONG RIFLE PEERING DOWN INTO THE CANYON WHERE WE SEE ARMORED VEHICLES PATROLLING AS WELL ALONG THE BIKE TRAIL. ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF INTERSTATE 80 OVER TO THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. VERY TIGHT PERIMETER THEY HAVE SET UP AROUND THE AREA AS THEY CONTINUE SEARCHING DOWN THE HEAVILY WOODED OAK AREA ALONG THE CREEK WHERE THE ARMORED VEHICLES AND OFFICERS ARE GOING THROUGH AND CONTINUING THE SEARCH FOR TWO SUSPECTS. THAT IS ALL WE KNOW. MIKE TESELLE HAS A REPORT OVER AT THE WHOLE FOODS PARKING LOT WHERE THEY WILL GIVE OUT MORE INFORMATION ON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND WHY THIS HAS LED TO THE SHUTDOWN OF WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80. THAT IS THE LATEST FROM HERE. WEST ON 80 IS SHUTDOWN AND WE HEAR THE HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD AND WE WATCH OFFICERS AS THEY CONTINUE TO PATROL THE AREA WITH THEIR VESTS ON AND HELMETS ON AND GUNS DRAWN. DEIRDRE: MIKE TESELLE HAS THE INFORMATION FOR US RIGHT NOW. MIKE: WE ARE OVER AT THE WHOLE FOODS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MALL IN THE FOUNTAINS AREA. WE SPOKE WITH ROSEVILLE POLICE TO GET AN UPDATE. IF YOU LOOK IN THE POWERLINE AREA YOU WILL SEE THE HELICOPTER . HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW, SINCE ABOUT 3:00 THIS MORNING AND NEIGHBORS LIVING BEHIND THE FOUNTAINS AREA HEARD LOUD BANGS, LIKE GUNSHOTS. ROSEVILLE POLICE WERE CALLED AROUND 4:30 THIS MORNING AND ACCORDING TO THE ROSEVILLE POLICE SPOKESPERSON, OFFICERS SAW FLASHES AND HEARD BANGS LIKE GUNSHOTS. A CHP OFFICER AT ONE POINT IN TIME SAW TWO WHITE MALES CARRYING LONG RIFLES. ONE OF THEM WEARING A TURQUOISE SHIRT AND THE OTHER WEARING AN ALL BLACK SHIRT, DESCRIBED AS IN THEIR 20'S. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, THAT IS THE AREA WHERE THE ARCHERY AREA IS ACROSS FROM GREEN ACRES, WHERE THE BIKE TRAIL IS, THAT IS WHERE THE SUBJECTS WERE SEEN RUNNING. RIGHT NOW, THAT IS WHERE POLICE ARE FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS. I AM TOLD AND ARMORED CAR WITH THE SWAT TEAM IS GOING INTO THE AREA BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE ARMED WITH LONG RIFLES AND SHOWCASING HAVE BEEN FOUND THROUGHOUT THIS AREA WHERE THE GUNSHOTS WERE HEARD. ROSEVILLE POLICE BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ARMED AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE TAKING SO MUCH FOR CAUTION SURROUNDING THE AREA AND SEARCHING FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES HERE AND BRING THEM TO YOU. THAT IS THE GENESIS FOR ALL THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. LIVE IN ROSEVILLE. DEIRDRE: THEY SHUT DOWN INTERSTATE 80 DURING THE 6:00 HOUR, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST TRAVELED HOUR DURING THE DAY THAT TELLS YOU HOW SERIOUS THEY ARE TAKING THIS AND HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN THEY HAVE. MIKE: I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE SINCE THROUGH GAZA'S MINDER HAVE BEEN REPEATED GUNSHOTS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED BUSINESSES BREAK-INS, BUT THE MERE FACT YOU HAVE MEN WITH LONG RIFLES FIRING THEIR GUNS MAKES IT UNPREDICTABLE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. ABBY SAY THEY ARE TAKING THE PRECAUTION THEY NEED TO TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE AND ALSO TRY TO KEEP COMMUTERS SAFE AND I COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE MORNING COMMUTE. TEO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS IN A FAIRLY REMOTE AREA BORDERED BY THE FREEWAY AND SOME OVER CROSSING.

Officers search for 2 armed men seen in Roseville

Officers have shut down portions of Interstate 80 and Highway 65 in Roseville as they search for two possibly armed men who were seen near the Fountains shopping center.